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Lindy McAllister is Professor of Work Integrated Learning in the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Unit of the Faculty of Health Sciences. WIL has a team of more than 30 academics and administrative staff who manage student placements in all the faculty courses. Academic teach into WIL placement Units of Study and engage in innovation, research and scholarship in work integrated learning.

Prof McAllister is recognised nationally and internationally as a leader in preparing graduates for professional practice in speech pathology. She was made a Life Member of speech Pathology Australia for services to higher education, and has been a keynote speaker at national and international conferences speaking to topics in clinical education and supervision. She has received a National Program Award and a Citation from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council for her work in assessment of clinical competence and a Citation from the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education for work in developing students? intercultural competence for practice.

In addition she has undertaken research, and curriculum development and review work with a range of allied health disciplines and in medicine. She has been an invited visiting professor and accreditor in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Kuwait, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom, assisting with curriculum development, review and accreditation in generic health sciences undergraduate degrees, clinical supervisor development programs, and degrees in speech pathology, audiology and medicine. She is currently (2017 onwards) academic teachnical consultant to a large multi-year grant from USAID to develop masters and bachelor degrees in speech and language therapy in universities in Vietnam.

Prof McAllister has five internationally published books, more than 70 peer reviewed journal articles, more than 30 book chapters, and 14 published peer-reviewed conference proceedings on topics related to preparation for practice and clinical education. She has a further 45 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on clinical topics such as brain injury and speech sound disorders. In the last decade, she has delivered more than 40 invited addresses and 26 peer- reviewed conference papers on educational topics and another 50 peer-reviewed conference papers on clinical topics.

Prof McAllister has received more than $2 million in external, competitive research funding for projects in clinical education, supervision, curriculum issues and assessment of student competence. She has also received $0.5 million in external, competitive research funding for projects in clinical topics.

The role and impact of placement experiences on student perceptions about working with people with a disability; Nagarajan S, McAllister L; Department of Family and Community Services (NSW)/Ageing Disability and Homecare (ADHC).

Participation following traumatic brain injury in rural, regional and remote areas; McAllister L; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP).

The differential impact of factors on recruitment and retention of allied health professionals in rural Australia: A qualitative study; McAllister L.

Directions: Leading the integration of a competency based assessment tool in speech pathology learning and teaching; McAllister L; The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education/Research Grant.

Jones, D., McAllister, L., Lyle, D. (2016). Challenging remote community deficit perspectives: An Australian insight into the role of these communities in the design of their health services and the development of their health workforce. International Journal of Practice-based Learning in Health and Social Care, 4(2), 19-34. [More Information]

Jones, D., McAllister, L., Lyle, D. (2016). Community-based service-learning: A rural Australian perspective on student and academic outcomes of participation. International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IJRSLCE), 4(1), 181-197.

Morrison, L., McBride, L., McAllister, L. (2016). Does an online clinical educator preparation and support program change practice? International Journal of Practice-based Learning in Health and Social Care, 4(2), 63-72. [More Information]

Campbell, N., Eley, D., McAllister, L. (2016). How do allied health professionals construe the role of the remote workforce? New insight into their recruitment and retention. PloS One, 11(12), 1-15. [More Information]

Nisbet, G., McAllister, L. (2015). A Critical Review of Outcomes of Peer Group Mentoring and Elements Influencing its Success and Application to Student Placement Supervisors. International Journal of Practice-based Learning in Health and Social Care, 3(2), 61-76. [More Information]

Jones, D., McAllister, L., Lyle, D. (2015). Stepping Out of the Shadows: Allied health student and academic perceptions of the impact of a service-learning experience on student's work-readiness and employability. Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 6(1), 66-87.

Campbell, N., Eley, D., McAllister, L. (2013). What does personality tell us about working in the bush? Temperament and character traits of Australian remote allied health professionals. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 21(5), 240-248. [More Information]

Higgs, J., McAllister, L. (2005). The lived experience of clinical educators with implications for their preparation, support and professional development. Learning in Health and Social Care, 4(3), 156-171.

Higgs, J., McAllister, L. (2005). The lived experiences of clinical educators with implications for their preparation, support and professional development. Learning in Health and Social Care, 4(3), 156-171.

Chan, A., McAllister, L., Wilson, L. (1998). An investigation of the age-MLU relationship and factors which predict MLU in two and three year old Australian children. Speech, Language and Hearing, 3, 97-108.

Nisbet, G., McAllister, L. (2016). Evaluation of an interprofessional peer group mentoring program to improve the quality of student supervision on placement. Australia New Zealand Association of Health Professional Education (ANZAPHE) Conference, Perth, 19-23 March 2016.

Nagarajan, S., McAllister, L., McFarlane, L., Hall, M., Schmitz, C., Avery, L., Drynan, D., Roots, R., Murphy, S., Lam, M. (2015). Australian and Canadian Student and Supervisor Experiences of Telesupervision in Allied Health Clinical Education. 38th HERDSA Annual International Conference - Research and Development in Higher Education: Learning for Life and Work in a Complex World (HERDSA 2015), Milperra: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, Inc.

Wylie, K., McAllister, L. (2012). Overview of issues and needs for new SLP university programs in developing countries. The 4th East African Conference on Communication Disability, East Africa: Academia.

Kenny, B., McAllister, L., Wilson, C. (2012). Working and communicating as an ethical practitioner: A presentation of a framework and tools to assist participants in proactive problem solving in their workplace. 2012 Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Hobart.

McLeod, S., Harrison, L., McCormack, J., McAllister, L. (2011). Prevalence, risk, impact, and unmet need of children with speech and language impairment in Australia. The World Report on Disability: Implications for Asia and the Pacific. Symposium hosted by the University of Sydney in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), Sydney.

McAllister, L., Atherton, M., Wylie, K., Woodward, S., Winkworth, A. (2011). Speech pathology training in Viet Nam: Implications of the WHO World Report on Disability for Curriculum Development, Sustainability and Impact. The World Report on Disability: Implications for Asia and the Pacific. Symposium hosted by the University of Sydney in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), Sydney.

O'Callaghan, A., McAllister, L., Wilson, L. (2010). A model for treatment planning when working with adults with brain injury. 28th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) 2010. International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics Conference.

McCormack, J., McLeod, S., Harrison, L., McAllister, L. (2010). Listening to the experiences of children with speech impairment in early childhood. Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education 2010, Melbourne.

McLeod, S., Harrison, L., McAllister, L., McCormack, J. (2010). Speech impairment in 4- to 5-year-old Australian children: Prevalence, severity and service provision. Conference of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Zambia: International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development.

McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L., Harrison, L. (2009). Children with communication impairment have short- and long-term social, educational and occupational difficulties. 2009 Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) National Conference, Melbourne: ARACY.

McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L., Harrison, L. (2009). Children, their parents and teachers describe the impact of communication impairment on children's lives. 2009 Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) National Conference, Melbourne: ARACY.

McLeod, S., Harrison, L., McAllister, L., McCormack, J. (2009). Correspondence between direct assessment of speech and language impairment in 4- to 5-year-olds and LSAC measures of parent and teacher reported concern. Growing Up in Australia: 2nd Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) Research Conference, Melbourne: Growing Up in Australia.

Fordham, L., Bowes, J., Gibson, F., McAllister, L. (2009). Quality practices in early childhood intervention? Consulting with families is the only way to go!. 2009 Early Intervention Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (EIAANZ) Conference, New Zealand: Early Intervention Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (EIAANZ).

Ferguson, A., McAllister, S., Lincoln, M., McAllister, L. (2008). Engaging educators and students in the roll-out COMPASS - a new assessment tool. ATN Assessment Conference 2008 - Engaging Students in Assessment, Adelaide, Australia: University of South Australia, Centre for Research in Education, Equity and Work.

McAllister, S., Lincoln, M., Ferguson, A., McAllister, L. (2008). Engaging speech pathology students in design and validation of competency based assessment in the workplace. ATN Assessment Conference 2008 - Engaging Students in Assessment, Adelaide, Australia: University of South Australia, Centre for Research in Education, Equity and Work.

McAllister, S., Lincoln, M., McAllister, L., Ferguson, A. (2003). Assessing student competency on their clinical placements, can it be done reliably and validly? Australian and New Zealand Association for Medical Education Annual Conference, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Association for Medical Education (ANZAME).

McAllister, L. (2002). The role of competency based occupational standards in the development of curricula and clinical assessment tools in SLP education in Australia (Invited presentation). Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada: Not Published.

McAllister, L. (2002). The role of competency based occupational standards in the development of curricula and clinical assessment tools in SLP education in Australia (Invited presentation). University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK: Not Published.

McAllister, L. (2002). There's more to research than statistics: A role for qualitative research in developing SLP practice (Keynote address). Annual Conference of the Alberta College of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists, Edmonton, Canada: Alberta College of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists.

McLeod, S., McAllister, L., Clark, L., Wilson, L., Thompson, I. (2000). From saplings to trees: Nurturing the transition from pedagogy to andragogy during the first year at university (Invited presentation). Centre for Enhancement of Learning and Teaching Forum 2000, Bathurst: Centre for Enhancement of Learning and Teaching.

McAllister, L. (2000). Where are we going with clinical education? A review of current status and some theoretical and philosophical guideposts for new directions (Invited address). Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders Annual Conference 2000, Minneapolis, USA: Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Jones, D., McAllister, L., Lyle, D. (2016). Challenging remote community deficit perspectives: An Australian insight into the role of these communities in the design of their health services and the development of their health workforce. International Journal of Practice-based Learning in Health and Social Care, 4(2), 19-34. [More Information]

Jones, D., McAllister, L., Lyle, D. (2016). Community-based service-learning: A rural Australian perspective on student and academic outcomes of participation. International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IJRSLCE), 4(1), 181-197.

Morrison, L., McBride, L., McAllister, L. (2016). Does an online clinical educator preparation and support program change practice? International Journal of Practice-based Learning in Health and Social Care, 4(2), 63-72. [More Information]

Nisbet, G., McAllister, L. (2016). Evaluation of an interprofessional peer group mentoring program to improve the quality of student supervision on placement. Australia New Zealand Association of Health Professional Education (ANZAPHE) Conference, Perth, 19-23 March 2016.

Campbell, N., Eley, D., McAllister, L. (2016). How do allied health professionals construe the role of the remote workforce? New insight into their recruitment and retention. PloS One, 11(12), 1-15. [More Information]

Nisbet, G., McAllister, L. (2015). A Critical Review of Outcomes of Peer Group Mentoring and Elements Influencing its Success and Application to Student Placement Supervisors. International Journal of Practice-based Learning in Health and Social Care, 3(2), 61-76. [More Information]

Nagarajan, S., McAllister, L., McFarlane, L., Hall, M., Schmitz, C., Avery, L., Drynan, D., Roots, R., Murphy, S., Lam, M. (2015). Australian and Canadian Student and Supervisor Experiences of Telesupervision in Allied Health Clinical Education. 38th HERDSA Annual International Conference - Research and Development in Higher Education: Learning for Life and Work in a Complex World (HERDSA 2015), Milperra: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, Inc.

Jones, D., McAllister, L., Lyle, D. (2015). Stepping Out of the Shadows: Allied health student and academic perceptions of the impact of a service-learning experience on student's work-readiness and employability. Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 6(1), 66-87.

Campbell, N., Eley, D., McAllister, L. (2013). What does personality tell us about working in the bush? Temperament and character traits of Australian remote allied health professionals. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 21(5), 240-248. [More Information]

Wylie, K., McAllister, L. (2012). Overview of issues and needs for new SLP university programs in developing countries. The 4th East African Conference on Communication Disability, East Africa: Academia.

Kenny, B., McAllister, L., Wilson, C. (2012). Working and communicating as an ethical practitioner: A presentation of a framework and tools to assist participants in proactive problem solving in their workplace. 2012 Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Hobart.

2011

McCormack, J., Harrison, L., McLeod, S., McAllister, L. (2011). A nationally representative study of the association between communication impairement at 4-5 years and children's life activities at 7-9 years. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 54(5), 1328-1348. [More Information]

McLeod, S., Harrison, L., McCormack, J., McAllister, L. (2011). Prevalence, risk, impact, and unmet need of children with speech and language impairment in Australia. The World Report on Disability: Implications for Asia and the Pacific. Symposium hosted by the University of Sydney in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), Sydney.

McAllister, L., Atherton, M., Wylie, K., Woodward, S., Winkworth, A. (2011). Speech pathology training in Viet Nam: Implications of the WHO World Report on Disability for Curriculum Development, Sustainability and Impact. The World Report on Disability: Implications for Asia and the Pacific. Symposium hosted by the University of Sydney in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), Sydney.

O'Callaghan, A., McAllister, L., Wilson, L. (2010). A model for treatment planning when working with adults with brain injury. 28th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) 2010. International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics Conference.

McCormack, J., McLeod, S., Harrison, L., McAllister, L. (2010). Listening to the experiences of children with speech impairment in early childhood. Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education 2010, Melbourne.

McLeod, S., Harrison, L., McAllister, L., McCormack, J. (2010). Speech impairment in 4- to 5-year-old Australian children: Prevalence, severity and service provision. Conference of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Zambia: International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development.

McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L., Harrison, L. (2009). Children with communication impairment have short- and long-term social, educational and occupational difficulties. 2009 Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) National Conference, Melbourne: ARACY.

McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L., Harrison, L. (2009). Children, their parents and teachers describe the impact of communication impairment on children's lives. 2009 Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) National Conference, Melbourne: ARACY.

McLeod, S., Harrison, L., McAllister, L., McCormack, J. (2009). Correspondence between direct assessment of speech and language impairment in 4- to 5-year-olds and LSAC measures of parent and teacher reported concern. Growing Up in Australia: 2nd Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) Research Conference, Melbourne: Growing Up in Australia.

Fordham, L., Bowes, J., Gibson, F., McAllister, L. (2009). Quality practices in early childhood intervention? Consulting with families is the only way to go!. 2009 Early Intervention Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (EIAANZ) Conference, New Zealand: Early Intervention Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (EIAANZ).

Ferguson, A., McAllister, S., Lincoln, M., McAllister, L. (2008). Engaging educators and students in the roll-out COMPASS - a new assessment tool. ATN Assessment Conference 2008 - Engaging Students in Assessment, Adelaide, Australia: University of South Australia, Centre for Research in Education, Equity and Work.

McAllister, S., Lincoln, M., Ferguson, A., McAllister, L. (2008). Engaging speech pathology students in design and validation of competency based assessment in the workplace. ATN Assessment Conference 2008 - Engaging Students in Assessment, Adelaide, Australia: University of South Australia, Centre for Research in Education, Equity and Work.

Higgs, J., McAllister, L. (2005). The lived experience of clinical educators with implications for their preparation, support and professional development. Learning in Health and Social Care, 4(3), 156-171.

Higgs, J., McAllister, L. (2005). The lived experiences of clinical educators with implications for their preparation, support and professional development. Learning in Health and Social Care, 4(3), 156-171.

McAllister, S., Lincoln, M., McAllister, L., Ferguson, A. (2003). Assessing student competency on their clinical placements, can it be done reliably and validly? Australian and New Zealand Association for Medical Education Annual Conference, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Association for Medical Education (ANZAME).

McAllister, L. (2002). The role of competency based occupational standards in the development of curricula and clinical assessment tools in SLP education in Australia (Invited presentation). Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada: Not Published.

McAllister, L. (2002). The role of competency based occupational standards in the development of curricula and clinical assessment tools in SLP education in Australia (Invited presentation). University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK: Not Published.

McAllister, L. (2002). There's more to research than statistics. Acquiring Knowledge in Speech, Language and Hearing, 4(1), 22-24.

McAllister, L. (2002). There's more to research than statistics: A role for qualitative research in developing SLP practice (Keynote address). Annual Conference of the Alberta College of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists, Edmonton, Canada: Alberta College of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists.

McLeod, S., McAllister, L., Clark, L., Wilson, L., Thompson, I. (2000). From saplings to trees: Nurturing the transition from pedagogy to andragogy during the first year at university (Invited presentation). Centre for Enhancement of Learning and Teaching Forum 2000, Bathurst: Centre for Enhancement of Learning and Teaching.

McAllister, L. (2000). Where are we going with clinical education? A review of current status and some theoretical and philosophical guideposts for new directions (Invited address). Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders Annual Conference 2000, Minneapolis, USA: Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Chan, A., McAllister, L., Wilson, L. (1998). An investigation of the age-MLU relationship and factors which predict MLU in two and three year old Australian children. Speech, Language and Hearing, 3, 97-108.